Publications

Journal articles & book chapters (peer-reviewed)


    In revision
  1. Leckelt, M., Schmukle, S. C., & Egloff, B. (in revision). Robust Worldwide Evidence that Economic Inequality is Associated with Risk-Taking.

  2. 2023
  3. [PDF]Weidmann, R., Chopik, W. J., [...], Leckelt, M., [...], & Back, M. D. (conditionally accepted). Age Differences in Narcissism: A Comprehensive Study Across Eight Measures and Over 250,000 Participants. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(6), 1277-1298.

  4. 2022
  5. [PDF]Leckelt, M., König, J., Richter, D., Schröder, C., & Back, M. D. (2022). The Personality Traits of Self-Made and Inherited Millionaires. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(94). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01099-3

  6. [PDF] Grosz, M., Hartmann, I., Dufner, M., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T. M., Rauthmann, J. F., Denissen, J. J. A., Küfner, A. C. P., Back, M. D. (2022). A Process × Domain Assessment of Narcissism: The Domain-Specific Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire. Assessment, 29(7), 1482-1495


  7. 2021
  8. [PDF]Schregel, J. P., Leckelt, M., & Zülch, H. (2021). Die Prognose von Erfolg und Misserfolg in der Bundesliga durch Machine Learning: Der FoMa Q-Score als intelligentes Steuerungsinstrument. Sciamus - Sport und Management, Jg. 2021, Nr. 4, S. 26-46.

  9. [PDF] Härtel, T. M., Leckelt, M., Grosz, M. P., Küfner, A. C. P., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2021). Pathways From Narcissism to Leadership Emergence in Social Groups. European Journal of Personality, 35(5), 1-23


  10. 2020
  11. [PDF] Grosz, M.P., Leckelt, M., & Back, M. D. (2020). Personality predictors of social status attainment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 52-56

  12. [PDF] Wehner, C., Maaß, U., Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., & Ziegler, M. (2020). Validation of the Short Dark Triad in a German sample: Structure, nomological network, and an ultrashort version. European Journal of Psychological Assessment

  13. [PDF] Mielke, I., Humberg, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (in press). Do narcissists self-enhance? Disentangling the associations between narcissism and positive versus enhanced self-views across aspects of narcissism, content domains, and comparison criteria. Social Psychological and Personality Science


  14. 2019
  15. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Küfner, A. C. P., Niemeyer, L. M., Hutteman, R., Osterholz, S., … & Back, M. D. (2019). A Longitudinal Field Investigation of Narcissism and Popularity Over Time: How Agentic and Antagonistic Aspects of Narcissism Shape the Development of Peer Relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 643-659

  16. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Richter, D., Wetzel, E., & Back, M. D. (2019). Longitudinal Associations of Narcissism with Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Institutional Outcomes: An Investigation Using a Representative Sample of the German Population. COLLABRA: PSYCHOLOGY, 5(1):26

  17. [PDF] Weber, S., Geukes, K., Leckelt, M., & Back, M. D. (2019). The attractiveness of narcissists: Hard work or natural beauty?. Self & Identity, 20(2), 235-267

  18. [PDF] Mota, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Humberg, S., Haffke, A., Schröder-Abé, M., Nestler, S., Schmukle, S., & Back, M. D. (2019). A Comprehensive Examination of Narcissists’ Self-Perceived and Actual Socioemotional Cognition Ability. COLLABRA: PSYCHOLOGY, 5(1): 6

  19. [PDF] Grosz, M. P., Emons, W. H. M., Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Chopik, W. J., Rose, N., & Back, M. D. (2019). A Comparison of Unidimensionality and Measurement Precision of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire. Assessment, 26(2), 281-293.


  20. 2018
  21. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Richter, D., Schröder, C., Küfner, A. C. P., Grabka, M. M., & Back, M. D. (2018). The rich are different: Unraveling the perceived and self-reported personality profiles of high net-worth individuals. British Journal of Psychology, 110, 769-789

  22. [PDF (paywalled)] Vecchione, M., Dentale, F., Graziano, M., Dufner, M., Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., & Back, M. D. (2018). An Italian validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ): Further evidence for a two-dimensional model of grandiose narcissism. Applied Psychology Bulletin, 66

  23. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Wetzel, E., Gerlach, T. M., Ackerman, R. A., Miller, J. D., Chopik, W. J., …, Back, M. D. (2018). Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples. Psychological Assessment, 30, 86—96

  24. [PDF] [book chapter] Back, M.D., Küfner, A.C.P., & Leckelt, M. (2018). Early Impressions of Grandiose Narcissists: A Dual-Pathway Perspective. In A. D. Hermann, A. Brunell, & J. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of trait narcissism: Key advances, research methods, and controversies (pp. 309—316). New York, NY: Springer


  25. 2017
  26. [PDF] Mahmoodi, J., Leckelt, M., van Zalk, M.W.H., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2017). Big Data approaches in social and behavioral science: Four key trade-offs and a call for integration. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 18, 57—62

  27. [PDF] Nestler, S., Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., von der Beck, I., Cress, U., & Oeberst, A. (2017). The production of scientific information on the internet using the example of Wikipedia [Produktion von naturwissenschaftlichen Informationen im Internet am Beispiel von Wikipedia]. Psychologische Rundschau, 68, 172—176.


  28. 2016
  29. [PDF] Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T. J., & Back, M. D. (2016). Distinguishing subgroups of narcissists with latent class analysis. European Journal of Personality, 30, 374—389

  30. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., Foster, J. D., Hutteman, R., Jaeger, G., McCain, J., Twenge, J. M., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism—But only in men. Journal of Research in Personality, 60, 8—11


  31. 2015
  32. [PDF] Leckelt, M., Küfner, A. C. P., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2015). Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists‘ popularity over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 856—871